Indira Gandhi government gave Katchatheevu Island to Sri Lanka: PM Modi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday blamed the Congress for the partition of India and also said it was the Indira Gandhi government which gave the Katchatheevu Island to Sri Lanka in 1974.

The island, located between Rameswaram (India) and Sri Lanka, was traditionally used by both Sri Lankan and Indian fishermen. In 1974, then Prime minister Indira Gandhi accepted Katchatheevu as Sri Lankan territory under the "Indo-Sri Lankan Maritime Agreement".

"These people divided mother India into three parts for politics..," the prime minister said in Lok Sabha, launching a blistering attack on the Congress during his reply to a debate on a no-confidence motion.

The prime minister said the DMK government in Tamil Nadu keeps writing to him urging to bring Katchatheevu back to India.

"Katchatheevu is an island between Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. Somebody gave it to another country. It happened under the leadership of Indira Gandhi," he said.

"Wasn't that part of Maa Bharati there?" Modi asked in an apparent response to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's remark during the debate on Wednesday.(PTI)

Comments - 33

Amaran Friday, 11 August 2023 12:35 AM

PM Modi, I write with great disappointment. India is a BIG country while SRI LANKA is a tinytot country in the map. Why are you fighting for a very small ISLAND? SHAME ON TAMIL NADU.

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Rohan Friday, 11 August 2023 01:51 AM

Modi is showing his true colours after pretending to be a friend of Sri Lanka since he came to power. This underscores the importance of having the Americans and the Chines as our guardians.

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Mandayan Friday, 11 August 2023 02:51 AM

Oh, ohh, will he ask it back?

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Dingiribanda Friday, 11 August 2023 03:51 AM

Coming colours no good..

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Mohan Friday, 11 August 2023 04:06 AM

No. It was not a part of Maa Bharati.

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DOT Friday, 11 August 2023 04:14 AM

An election sounds from neighbor!

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Mohan Friday, 11 August 2023 04:15 AM

Mr. Modi should well remember that India as a country we know, did not exist as such before the British came. There were hundreds of kingdoms like Chola, Chera, Pandiya, Pallava, Chalukya, etc. The British made them one country. It was they who separated Pakistan and India. Not the Congress.

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Edie Friday, 11 August 2023 05:03 AM

India merits to get back Katchatheevu island just like Hambanthota was given to China !!! India has been like a big brother protecting Sri Lanka from other foreign countries trying to take over due to the Economic down fall(bankruptcy) status.

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Jaffna Boys Friday, 11 August 2023 05:03 AM

Hey Modi, why don’t you send your Army again, this time they will not return to India .

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Tissa Fernando Friday, 11 August 2023 05:19 AM

He is an imperialist, greedy to grab more land.

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Lokka Friday, 11 August 2023 05:52 AM

It's not gentlemanly to take what is given as a gift or whatever. So Mr. Modi we Sri Lankans hope you will not be swayed by pressure exerted by Tamil Nadu. TN is traditionally robbing Sri Lankans assets. See what they are doing to our fishing resources.

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Kevin Friday, 11 August 2023 06:02 AM

They can have it back if they are willing to pay off our debts.

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Tinpot president and his Indian masters Friday, 11 August 2023 06:04 AM

Modi setting the scene for the acquisition of Sri Lanka. As long as this impotent president is in power they take whatever they want.

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Sinna Friday, 11 August 2023 06:08 AM

Modi seems feel political heat of arrival of Rahul to the scene

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The disloyal presdent Friday, 11 August 2023 06:37 AM

The SL presidents loyalties are to India so he will present Kandy to them if they ask him.

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Population explosion in India Friday, 11 August 2023 07:41 AM

India needs more land to accommodate the exploding population growth, that has surpassed China now. India needs more space for its citizen who are over flowing into borders of other neighboring countries. This is the beginning of the new Modi policy. Look at Manipur.

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NAK Friday, 11 August 2023 08:00 AM

It is a misrepresentation to say that Indina gave Katchchativu to Sri lanka. What actually happened was India officially accepted our ownership to the island. Sri lankan delegation went to India fully prepared with all the proof to prove that the island belongs us.

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Yohan Friday, 11 August 2023 08:21 AM

Modi brand is dying so to rekindle the brand have to find a scapegoat. Like politics here

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Ding ding Friday, 11 August 2023 08:55 AM

India should annex North and East provinces as a new state of India. It will solve all, Katchitivu island, 13A implementation and Sri Lanka’s ethnic problem

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Sam Friday, 11 August 2023 02:32 PM

If that to happen, would you accept a naval base setup in Hambanthota by another country?

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Ghopal Singh Friday, 11 August 2023 08:55 AM

It is inevitable that Sri Lanka will soon be a Indian province. That is if we decide to adopt you half brained primitives.

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R Podiralahamy Friday, 11 August 2023 09:57 AM

Give more Indian credit to purchase medicine and ask for Katchchtivu back to India on the request of TN

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wsw Friday, 11 August 2023 10:53 AM

@Ding- and then all Tamils living outside the North and East, can vacate and move to India, right?

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wsw Friday, 11 August 2023 10:55 AM

@Ghopal Singh-rather perish than be part of your India. Lankans still have a reputation universally.

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DOT Friday, 11 August 2023 11:14 AM

Thanks to King George, who made India!

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Amaran Friday, 11 August 2023 01:10 PM

@Gopal Singh: India's literacy rate is ONLY 77%. whereas SRI LANK'S literacy rate is much higher. Your country's FIGHTING ATTITUTE will never fade away.

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Kumara Friday, 11 August 2023 02:58 PM

The4 way Sri Lanka Archaeology Dept. and Buddhists Monks behave on land grabbing and opposition from Tamils will inevitably lead to feelings of July 1983 anti-Tamil riots. This will then become a good reason to use 1987 India-Sri Lanka accord for Indian army presence in the island nation. So @Srilankans- do not create this anti-Tamil atmosphere!

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Yuppies Friday, 11 August 2023 03:14 PM

Thank god we do not have a land border with those filthy subspecies

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sundar Friday, 11 August 2023 04:59 PM

If you think India is filthy why do you want their money. Why SL delegation in Chennai seeking investments in SL

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madhavan Friday, 11 August 2023 05:01 PM

You ungrateful people, want free rice, kerosene, medicine etc form India and call them names SL are shameless, they will go behind anyone who gives them money and don't ask questions

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Sisira Friday, 11 August 2023 09:03 PM

Simple, take it back. You have a powerful navy, we have nothing so nothing is stopping you.

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Sriskanda Rajah Saturday, 12 August 2023 12:33 AM

Neither India nor Sri Lanka existed before the British created them. India was made up of hundreds of princely states and empires. So was the island of Ceylon. When European colonialists set foot in Ceylon, there were two kingdoms: the Jaffna Kingdom and the Kottai Kingdom; and then there were numerous Tamil and Sinhala principalities scattered over the island.

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Mohamed Adham Saturday, 12 August 2023 09:36 AM

Many Indians think that we should be ever grateful to the handouts by their fascist goverment. These handouts come with a price ( valuable projects to be handed over to their financier Adani ), they want us to be a buffer towards Chinese expansion into their neigborhood. Gwadar Port in Pakistan is now almost a major Chinese naval base and Hambantota Port is already featuring a lot of Chinese naval and maritime activity. So this is not out of humanitarian grounds that the Indian hand outs must be seen.

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